Naomi's eyes blur as she tries to open them, blinded by the light that's all around her. As her vision begins to clear, she remembers what happened. She remembers the race and her almost crash, Calankaiana saving her from instant death and finishing the race for her, and how when she was given back control, imense pain filled her body, only to met by darkness probably only seconds later. She tries to move her hand to luckily find no pain at all, the same with her legs and neck. Slowly, she rises to a sitting position, and she looks around, now able to see everything clearly.
She's seen this room before. It's the medical center inside the track, one that she had visited earlier to talk to Kaylee, who wasn't feeling so well at the time. She looks down to see yet another IV stuck into her left arm, causing her to grunt, always beings the type that hated having to be stuck with needles. She looks to see that her bed is sectioned off by a yellow curtain, dividing her from the rest of the building, she looks down to see her firesuit gone, only in her sweets and black tee, nothing showing that she had just raced. Luckily, no one has taken off her fake opal and the necklace Alonsa probably gave her. She squizes it hard, wishing that Alonsa could come and explain to her what had happen to her.
Suddenly, she feels the pendant beginning to heat up in her fist. She opens her hand to find it glowing a slight dark blue color, and making a high humming type noise, though it doesn't move at all. She scratches her head in confusion, unable to figure out what is happening.
"This thing just gets weirder and weirder." Naomi says, starring at the pendant, her voice cracking slightly.
Without notice, the pendant shoots a large beam around the area, before it lands on the ground her right beside her bed. Within seconds, a form begins to build from the light on the ground, causing Naomi to become a little freaked out. But, as the thing continues to quickly form, she finds that she can tell what it is. But, before she can speak, the light bursts like glass, shattering to reveal Alonsa, shock by her appearance in front of Naomi.
"H-How did-When did-Why did-?" Alonsa mumbles, apparentlly just as stunned as Naomi.
"Well, that's weird." Naomi comments.
Alonsa whips her head up, and smiles when her eyes fall on Naomi.
"Naomi, you're awake!" Alonsa says as she hurries to the side of Naomi's bed, sitting next to her legs.
"Y-Yeah, I just woke up. And this thing just went wacko." Naomi says, holding up her pendant.
Alonsa looks confused.
"What do you mean?"
"The reason you're here is because of this thing."
"But how?"
"How the heck should I know. One second, it's acting perfectly normal, the next, it's shooting blue beams everywhere and makes you appear within seconds."
"Blu beams?"
"Yeah, blue beams, it was weird."
"So, you've already developed it."
"Huh? Developed what?"
"Your soul color."
"My soul wha?"
"You see, in each of your life times, you've had one color the resembled you throughout your life. For instance, when you lived as Calankaiana, your soul color was red." Alonsa explains.
"Ok, continue."
"When you were princess of Greece, your soul color was green, When Empress of Japan, purple, and while you were Countess of Spain, it was a orange/yellow."
"So, what is it now?" Naomi asks.
"Dark blue." Alonsa answers.
"How can you tell that?"
"You said that your pendant started shooting blue beams, and considering that you didn't say light blue, I'm gonna guess that they were dark blue."
"Alright, but what do those beams have to do with my soul color?"
"That pendant actually has a few powers in itself."
"It what?!"
"It has the power to transport objects that the wearer needs, as well as track family members and loved ones. As well as create a impenetrable shield or barrier once per day and track certain Spiritual Intuitions if needed."
"WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE!" Naomi shouts, irritated.
"Because I didn't know if you had enough power yet to trigger any of the abilities."
Naomi quiets.
"The fact that you probably use the ability to transport items, it means that your accident probably triggered your powers to come into fuller effect to keep you stable, if not alive during your time of unconsciousness."
"Huh?" Naomi says, confused.
"Your powers are greater because of your accident eariler today." Alonsa simplifies.
"Oh."
"Maybe they improved enough that next time, you can actually create a ball of fire, instead of whatever it was you made last time-"
"SHUT UP! It was my first time, so you have nor right to judge how my thing looked!" Naomi snaps.
"So you admit that it wasn't a ball-?"
"I NEVER SAID THAT AT ALL!"
"But you just said it was a "thing", not a ball, meaning that you didn't think it was a ball-"
"A BALL IS A THING!"
"But you didn't call it a ball-"
"WILL YOU JUST DROP IT!?"
"Alright, why can't you admit it wasn't a ball-?"
"YOU'RE NOT DROPPING IT!"
"Sorry, jeez."
\The two sit silent for a few minutes, before Naomi can no longer stand the awkward silence between them.
"Why didn't I ever see Calankaiana use it?" Naomi asks, surprising Alonsa.
Alonsa looks down.
"She was ashamed of being seen using it."
"Huh?"
"To have to acquire the power of an object over using her own power and abilities made her feel like she was sacrificing her strengh to use an object like this. Another reason is that she only got it about a day or two before she died, so she never had the time to learn the true abilities of the pendant."
"That's so stupid."
"Hmm?"
"She sacrificed maybe avoiding death just to keep her strengh and pride the way she wanted it to appear to her people. She didn't even take into account that it might of saved Heru in the first place, if not stopped the abduction in the first place," Naomi explains, before chuckling, "But seeing as how she never did have the time to truly unleash it on anyone, I guess I can't really blame her for acting self-centered in the first place."
"Naomi..." Alonsa whispers.
Naomi yawns and falls back on the pillow.
"So, did I ever use the abilities in any of my other lives?"
"Actually, yes. While in Greece, you grew up owning the necklace, so you learned at a young age about it's abilities. It was the same occurance when you were living in Spain, and unlike with Calankaiana, you used it to it's full potential in both of those lives."
"What about my life in Japan?"
Alonsa falls silent.
"Hikahime hated violence, so she never wanted to learn about the necklaces powers, because she believed they would only cause harm to the people of Japan." Alonsa explains, "Though, ironically, she was the best swordsmen the land had ever seen, even surpassing those of the samurai at only the age of 13."
"Wow, that's impressive. At 13, I could only take apart a car and put it back together again." Naomi laughs, "Though it always looked different at the end. But I've gotten better over the years I guess."
Alonsa smiles.
"Yes, I always loved Hikahime's nature. It made me feel like she would be safer if she took the way of peace instead of violence."
Naomi watches as Alonsa's smiles disappears.
"But, in the end, she died just as Calankaiana and Icicene did, young and in vain."
"Alonsa..." Naomi whispers.
Alonsa forces a smile as she gets up from the side of Naomi's bed.
"Well, that's all in the past. Now, you're the one I have to worry about, so I'll have no time to think about the others before you." Alonsa says as she pats Naomi on the shoulder, then turns, "I'm going to go get the doctor so that you can get out of here."
"A-Alright." Naomi says as Alonsa pulls the curtain back, and disappears, her echoing footsteps eventually fading away into the distance.
Naomi sighs and stares up at the pendant in her hand.
"Calankaiana, Icicene, Hikahime, Liliana. Those were all my name once. Only one has a face to it, while the others are just ideas Alonsa has stuck into my mind with facts and her old memories. But, I do know something. I won't be another name, this time I'll succed."
She's seen this room before. It's the medical center inside the track, one that she had visited earlier to talk to Kaylee, who wasn't feeling so well at the time. She looks down to see yet another IV stuck into her left arm, causing her to grunt, always beings the type that hated having to be stuck with needles. She looks to see that her bed is sectioned off by a yellow curtain, dividing her from the rest of the building, she looks down to see her firesuit gone, only in her sweets and black tee, nothing showing that she had just raced. Luckily, no one has taken off her fake opal and the necklace Alonsa probably gave her. She squizes it hard, wishing that Alonsa could come and explain to her what had happen to her.
Suddenly, she feels the pendant beginning to heat up in her fist. She opens her hand to find it glowing a slight dark blue color, and making a high humming type noise, though it doesn't move at all. She scratches her head in confusion, unable to figure out what is happening.
"This thing just gets weirder and weirder." Naomi says, starring at the pendant, her voice cracking slightly.
Without notice, the pendant shoots a large beam around the area, before it lands on the ground her right beside her bed. Within seconds, a form begins to build from the light on the ground, causing Naomi to become a little freaked out. But, as the thing continues to quickly form, she finds that she can tell what it is. But, before she can speak, the light bursts like glass, shattering to reveal Alonsa, shock by her appearance in front of Naomi.
"H-How did-When did-Why did-?" Alonsa mumbles, apparentlly just as stunned as Naomi.
"Well, that's weird." Naomi comments.
Alonsa whips her head up, and smiles when her eyes fall on Naomi.
"Naomi, you're awake!" Alonsa says as she hurries to the side of Naomi's bed, sitting next to her legs.
"Y-Yeah, I just woke up. And this thing just went wacko." Naomi says, holding up her pendant.
Alonsa looks confused.
"What do you mean?"
"The reason you're here is because of this thing."
"But how?"
"How the heck should I know. One second, it's acting perfectly normal, the next, it's shooting blue beams everywhere and makes you appear within seconds."
"Blu beams?"
"Yeah, blue beams, it was weird."
"So, you've already developed it."
"Huh? Developed what?"
"Your soul color."
"My soul wha?"
"You see, in each of your life times, you've had one color the resembled you throughout your life. For instance, when you lived as Calankaiana, your soul color was red." Alonsa explains.
"Ok, continue."
"When you were princess of Greece, your soul color was green, When Empress of Japan, purple, and while you were Countess of Spain, it was a orange/yellow."
"So, what is it now?" Naomi asks.
"Dark blue." Alonsa answers.
"How can you tell that?"
"You said that your pendant started shooting blue beams, and considering that you didn't say light blue, I'm gonna guess that they were dark blue."
"Alright, but what do those beams have to do with my soul color?"
"That pendant actually has a few powers in itself."
"It what?!"
"It has the power to transport objects that the wearer needs, as well as track family members and loved ones. As well as create a impenetrable shield or barrier once per day and track certain Spiritual Intuitions if needed."
"WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME THAT BEFORE!" Naomi shouts, irritated.
"Because I didn't know if you had enough power yet to trigger any of the abilities."
Naomi quiets.
"The fact that you probably use the ability to transport items, it means that your accident probably triggered your powers to come into fuller effect to keep you stable, if not alive during your time of unconsciousness."
"Huh?" Naomi says, confused.
"Your powers are greater because of your accident eariler today." Alonsa simplifies.
"Oh."
"Maybe they improved enough that next time, you can actually create a ball of fire, instead of whatever it was you made last time-"
"SHUT UP! It was my first time, so you have nor right to judge how my thing looked!" Naomi snaps.
"So you admit that it wasn't a ball-?"
"I NEVER SAID THAT AT ALL!"
"But you just said it was a "thing", not a ball, meaning that you didn't think it was a ball-"
"A BALL IS A THING!"
"But you didn't call it a ball-"
"WILL YOU JUST DROP IT!?"
"Alright, why can't you admit it wasn't a ball-?"
"YOU'RE NOT DROPPING IT!"
"Sorry, jeez."
\The two sit silent for a few minutes, before Naomi can no longer stand the awkward silence between them.
"Why didn't I ever see Calankaiana use it?" Naomi asks, surprising Alonsa.
Alonsa looks down.
"She was ashamed of being seen using it."
"Huh?"
"To have to acquire the power of an object over using her own power and abilities made her feel like she was sacrificing her strengh to use an object like this. Another reason is that she only got it about a day or two before she died, so she never had the time to learn the true abilities of the pendant."
"That's so stupid."
"Hmm?"
"She sacrificed maybe avoiding death just to keep her strengh and pride the way she wanted it to appear to her people. She didn't even take into account that it might of saved Heru in the first place, if not stopped the abduction in the first place," Naomi explains, before chuckling, "But seeing as how she never did have the time to truly unleash it on anyone, I guess I can't really blame her for acting self-centered in the first place."
"Naomi..." Alonsa whispers.
Naomi yawns and falls back on the pillow.
"So, did I ever use the abilities in any of my other lives?"
"Actually, yes. While in Greece, you grew up owning the necklace, so you learned at a young age about it's abilities. It was the same occurance when you were living in Spain, and unlike with Calankaiana, you used it to it's full potential in both of those lives."
"What about my life in Japan?"
Alonsa falls silent.
"Hikahime hated violence, so she never wanted to learn about the necklaces powers, because she believed they would only cause harm to the people of Japan." Alonsa explains, "Though, ironically, she was the best swordsmen the land had ever seen, even surpassing those of the samurai at only the age of 13."
"Wow, that's impressive. At 13, I could only take apart a car and put it back together again." Naomi laughs, "Though it always looked different at the end. But I've gotten better over the years I guess."
Alonsa smiles.
"Yes, I always loved Hikahime's nature. It made me feel like she would be safer if she took the way of peace instead of violence."
Naomi watches as Alonsa's smiles disappears.
"But, in the end, she died just as Calankaiana and Icicene did, young and in vain."
"Alonsa..." Naomi whispers.
Alonsa forces a smile as she gets up from the side of Naomi's bed.
"Well, that's all in the past. Now, you're the one I have to worry about, so I'll have no time to think about the others before you." Alonsa says as she pats Naomi on the shoulder, then turns, "I'm going to go get the doctor so that you can get out of here."
"A-Alright." Naomi says as Alonsa pulls the curtain back, and disappears, her echoing footsteps eventually fading away into the distance.
Naomi sighs and stares up at the pendant in her hand.
"Calankaiana, Icicene, Hikahime, Liliana. Those were all my name once. Only one has a face to it, while the others are just ideas Alonsa has stuck into my mind with facts and her old memories. But, I do know something. I won't be another name, this time I'll succed."
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